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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS El Paso, TX

July 2, 2008Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2008, 4:08 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2008, 4:08 PM MDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2008, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 3:45 PM MDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:45 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 2:50 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZOtero3 hr
Jul 2, 3:05 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana3 hr
Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZDoña Ana44 min
Jul 2, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEPZEl Paso3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.